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<table align="left"><tr><td><img src="http://thepete.com/uploads/transformers2007.jpg" border=0 align="left"/></td></tr></table><b><u>Positive Experience/Entertaining?</u></b> Holy crap, no. All those mainstream film critics who were saying this movie was dumb but a lot of fun? Yeah, they're morons who don't know anything about basic storytelling. See, that's the thing, there was no story in this movie. There was a premise, but that's it. Even putting aside my purist/fan bias toward the original 1980s cartoon, there's nothing here to enjoy.
<br /><b><u>Technically any good</u>?</b> Wow, no. Sure, the FX are cool and all, but the crappy cinematography and worse editing ruins the immediate thrill of seeing these robots in action and the total lack of an actual story (realistic or not) ruins the mental thrill of seeing these very real-looking robots exist among real things. I say things because even the people were not real <em>humans</em>. They were just extreme parodies of real humans. Perhaps, they are what humans will be assumed to be in a few thousand years, by our descendants. However, to those of us who <em>are</em> human (and adult), these "characters" are ridiculous jokes. Clearly <em>SOMEone</em> thought it would be amusing to have the lead kid be a total sad-sap loser with parents who are most certainly NOT Stiller and Meara (who were <em>actually</em> funny, unlike the husband and wife "comedy" team in this movie).
Meanwhile, the robots are hardly in the picture until about halfway through, making "SAM (and the alien robots)" a more appropriate title for the film. Ultimately, the real problem with the film is that there was no reason for these alien robots to be "Transformers". They could be any old robots from space.
<br /><b><u>How did it leave me feeling</u>?</b> Like I felt after seeing <em>Batman & Robin</em>--like I wanted to go wilding through the director's house. My God this film was useless. Seriously, I don't have to complain how they messed up the characters I grew up loving since they didn't come close to even making a passable movie. Seriously, <em>The Island</em> was a better film.
<br /><b><u>Final Rating</u>?</b> DNS - Do Not See - Seriously. Go Netlfix <em>Transmorphers</em>. I'm <em>serious!</em>
[asin: B000PC704W]<br /><hr /> Orignal From: <a href="http://thepete.com/transformers-2007/" target=_blank>TRANSFORMERS (2007)</a><br />
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